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Sounders FC, on a five-game unbeaten streak, hosts league-leading FC Dallas, on a nine-game unbeaten streak, in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.

It's been a while, huh? Four weeks to be exact since the Sounders have played here.

Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid calls them "bogey teams." They are teams that just seem to have another team's number -- sometimes for reasons that don't make sense in pure soccer terms.

Seattle coach Sigi Schmid had seen this drama play out three times before, so he made a bold prediction when he subbed in Mauro Rosales with a few minutes left in a scoreless game.

Most fans spend the close season scouring the papers and internet chat rooms for rumours of new signings and leaked photos of garish new away kits but for a group of American supporters the months before the kick-off of the 18th season of Major League Soccer held something much grander in store.